Karl Plagge
Deceased Person
1897 – 1957
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Who was Karl Plagge?
Major Karl Plagge was a Wehrmacht officer, engineer and Nazi Party member who during World War II used his position as a staff officer in the Heer to employ and protect some 1,240 Jews — 500 men, the others women and children, in order to give them a better chance to survive the nearly total annihilation of Lithuania’s Jews that took place between 1941–1944.
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- Born
- Jul 10, 1897
Darmstadt - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- Technische Universität Darmstadt
- Died
- Jun 19, 1957
Darmstadt
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on July 23, 2013
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